telltale interest in science fiction, which is usually a reliable sign of imaginative bankruptcy*

C.S. Lewis liked Childhood's End

*John Wain, on C.S. Lewis

Thanx to andrewducker

Pet

A rabbit manages to find a less intelligent pet.

Thanx to theweaselking

And more

Further ghoulish snooping by Murdoch rag.

Thanx to Oliver Willis

Nothing to complain about

In which Richard Dawkins demonstrates that one doesn't need God to be a sexist dick.

Thanx to Shakesville

Big words

When he was writing satirical sf in the 50s and 60s, Frederik Pohl was not quite vicious and twisted enough to dream up something like Conservapedia. So he's catching up, reporting on the discovery of relativitism, by which Albert Einstein slyly tricks decent people into giving up their faith.

Exception

The narc version of "rape, danger to the woman's health, or my family."

Thanx to The Agitator

Rules

Terry Bisson states the rules for sf short stories, and Mike Glyer shows how they have been successfully broken.

Thanx to File 770